Click to viewSome of the most intriguing resources on the web are located in archives—compilations of data that in the past, could only be found by making appointments in dusty libraries. Today, I'm going to take you on a quick tour through some of the most fascinating archives on the web.

Web-specific information

You can't write an article about archives and not mention the Internet Archive, a splendiferous collection of So. Many. Things. If you're looking for web-specific archives, try the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, a collection of site snapshots that allow you to see a site as it was back in the day.

Go back in browser history over at the Browser Archive; hey, there's Mosaic! You can also take a look at what my garage looks like (spouse collects old computers) at the Obsolete Computers archive, a funky but wonderful array of vintage technology.